Strawfox update:
- Fixed crash on startup
- Fixed fullscreen issues
- Fixed Ublock addon
- Fixed WebAssembly
https://github.com/Pedro1234-code/Strawfox-UWP/releases/tag/v155.0.1.140 (kept the same link)
Made some progress on my PE loader, it now renders more elements, most of 7-Zip renders and works, fonts have been implemented.
For release of Desktop Mode, I'm waiting for an upcoming port of Gecko/Firefox made by a guy in the Windows Phone community, so I can include a full browser on it.
Hope soon we all be enjoying.
(screenshots taken on Xbox Series S)
Hey everyone! I'm proud to announce that my Desktop Mode project for Xbox/UWP, will include an experimental loader for Win32 PEs. This means you will be able to <attempt> loading a .exe file through the Files app included in the Shell.
It's similar in concept to Wine, it translates Win32 API calls to UWP compatible ones, and reimplements what's needed. The loaded PE has no acess to the real Xbox filesystem, registry or OS and runs on a virtualized filesystem inside of the Desktop Mode app LocalStorage (drive_c).
For now, it's able to sucessfully execute 7-Zip, and have the window drawn and elements render, using my MiniGDI implementation. There still a long way to go to, but it renders most of 7-Zip already.
I also a Settings app and a Notepad app. That's for now.
Releasing is coming soon. If you are interested, here's the link to the project's Discord: https://discord.gg/dEKYCqFXt
(all screenshots taken on Xbox Series S, with a native USB mouse connected)
For now it works pretty much like a ChromeOS, you can install web apps and launch UWP apps through it.
I've added a File Explorer and a Task View for current windows open. The taskbar also works as intended.
The shell itself is my fork of Pdawg's 10X shell. The idea for this is to keep it as close to the Windows 10X UI.
For last, I'm studying with AI the possibility of developing some kind of bridge for Win32 binaries, as it's theorically possible to make something like Wine but for UWP. The idea is to, in the future, integrate an early implementation with this Desktop Shell and it's windowing system, but this will come after release.
There is already an implementation of this idea made by Bashar Astifan on his ImMobile UWP shell for Windows Phone, but it's closed source. It allows to load Win32 PEs inside an UWP environment, and my idea is to make something similar.
Hope I'm able to release it soon.
I'm working on basically a desktop environment for Xbox Dev Mode with native USB mouse support, with the UI being based on Windows 10X.
It will work pretty much as a desktop inside an app, where you will be able to launch UWP apps or install Web Apps.
It supports multitasking and windowing for Web Apps. Plus it will include a full port of desktop Firefox for UWP with download and extension support.
And a lot more.
Just imagine an entire questline about this. Just imagine.
This is DashX Playnite theme. I'm in love with this little guy.
Except for minigames, this is basically 1:1 with LCE
This is running natively on my 4gb, Intel Core I3 laptop on Windows 10X. This is the same laptop I used to run it on ChromeOS.
It's running at around 35-40 fps.
This is the LCEDevMode UWP build made for Xbox.